When I think about a little golden books, I think; childhood, reading, story time, bedtime stories, please one more, golden spines, classic stories. Out of all books, I think these have to be my favourite books of all time! Lots of great memories and now I get to share and collect them all with my girl (Miss 6). To me my collection is extra special as I still have all of mine from my childhood, I even have some of my mums books from her childhood and now I get to add in new ones for Miss 6 as well. I love collecting old ones and new ones, I am always hunting for them wherever I go. I am always telling people please if you don't want them give them to me as I will add them to our forever growing collection. Which, how many a little golden books do you think we have....? We have over 300 titles. I would love to know exactly how many different titles are out there but no-one will respond to my emails... I did read that one person has over 1 200 books in her collection, so I guess I have a bit of catching up to do. Bit of history behind Little Golden Books. Little Golden Books launched in 1942 and in 2017 they celebrated 75 years. It only took around 5 months and they had sold over 1.5 million copies. In 1982 they had sold over 800 million books. November 20, 1986: The one billionth Little Golden Book, The Poky Little Puppy, is printed. The most popular characters/books are: The Poky Little Puppy Scuffy the Tugboat The Jolly Barnyard Mister Dog The Tawny Scrawny Lion The Little Red Caboose Tootle The Saggy Baggy Elephant Little Red Hen The Monster at the end of this Book (which we have all of theses ones) While on my search, trying to find all things Little Golden Book related. I managed to come across some fun things that I have now added into our collection of Little Golden Book stuff. Like handmade diaries, planners, junk journals. Games, stationary, puzzles, tote bags and of course more new books and second hand books and even mini little golden books. Make your own little golden books as well, which was heaps of fun to do with Miss 6. See images below to see what I have. There is so many craft and DYI things out there on others peoples blogs, Pinterest and Etsy that have great ideas that you could try at home with the kids. I am going to try make one of these gorgeous junk journals with Miss 6, (you can't see them in the photos above) I know she will love doing it, and she will love to try and be crafty with me. So off on a search to find a bunch of second hands books that we can cut up and reuse, then with the extras, may make up some tags, flags and book marks to keep us busy. Things I have seen them used for Bunting flags. Diaries/Notebooks. Used as a serving tray for kids milkshakes and cookies. Pictures in frames. Paper flowers. Gift tags and cards. Bookmarks. Single letter stand covers. Place mats and coasters. Baby shower themes. I have seen some of the characters as soft cuddly toys and even baby toys. Even tote bags and t-shirts and jumpers. Places I have found and bought my little golden books from. Any good second hand book store. book fairs, charity stores, garage sales, school fairs & fetes. In-store, Target, Big w, Kmart, Myer, Dymocks, Coles, Woolworths. Any book shop I find passing through a town while on holidays. www.ebay.com.au www.gumtree.com.au www.fishpond.com.au www.amazon.co.uk www.booktopia.com.au www.bookdepository.com www.dymocks.com.au www.worldofbooks.com www.thenile.co.nz See below for some images of our forever growing collection of theses little treasured books. We are sharing the little golden book love by giving away 7 books to one lucky winner to start or add to their own little golden book library collection. These books are all brand new. Giveaway will be held on our Instagram account @kids.books.we.love
Thanks for stopping by to read this. Let me know if you are a little golden book lover like me, I would love to her about your stories with them, and how many books you have or had as a child? Or did you have a favourite one that stood out for you? Do you know of some great places to get some golden books? I am alway looking and adding new and old titles to our library. Let me know, I'm happy to chat. Mel.
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